Pintle



Feb. 6', 1923. 1,444,311.

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*PINTLL FILED MAR. 22, i922.

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n. KASSE, GF DAVENPPJT, .T G'tffi..

PENTLE.

Application fled March 252, 1922.

To @El 107mm- 'it moy concern-s Be it known that l, Cine in? :i citizen oit the llnited States, und u resident ot' Davenport, county oj Scott, and Stute of loire., lisye invented an lnipiovement in Pintles, of which the following is e specification.

The iniention deseriied herein may be used by the Government, or any of its oliicers or enigloyees in prosecution of Work for the Government, or b y any other person in the United States, Wit-hout payment to me oic any vroyalty thereon.

My invention relates to e pintle which has been designed, primarily, Ylor use with the pintle bearing ot e gun or linibei.

The main objectot my invention is the provision of s. pintle which Will hold the lunette Without danger of jarring open during` travel over rough ronds und which Will not be so battered or lnirred by blows from the lunette es to interfere with the propel1 operation of the latch.

`With the foregoing und other objects in vi W, my invention resides in the novel arrengen'ient and combination of parts in the details oit construction hereinafter described and claimed, tbeing understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be inode Within the scope of what is clziinied Without depe-rting` troni the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment oI" the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drmving7 W ierein: Fig. l is o View in side elevation of e pintle constructed in accordance with iny inifention;

Fig. 2

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is a. similar View partly in longiflO tudinel section;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation oi' the pintle body and Fig. 4- is a perspective of the latch.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference:

l provide a pintle body l 'formed et its rear end with e reduced hee-ded shank 2, adapted for assembling with any liinber Seri-9.1 No. 545,91 l.

CT F MARC 3, 1883, 252 STAT. EZ., 525.)

equipped to take u stunde-.rd nintle, und e hooked foi-Ward end 3, the end ot the hook provided with e recess 4.-.

The inein body portion ol" the pintle has an upwardly eilteiuling` portion 5 bored lonijitudinelly and having a 'longitudinal .g'i'ooye 5n coinnunicatii with the bote its louer portion end longitudinal slot 5b r inniunicnting with the bore et the top thereof.

A latch G is mounted for reciprocatory nioveinent longitudinally of the bore and is oiined with e depending rib to fit into the groove 5 having' a nose 6a adopted to sent in the recess 4l When the latch is in its torimid or cl sed position.) o bui'rel Gb for engeo'enient With the bore? on upstonding rib 6 ijoi engagement in the slot and a knurled heno engaging portion Gd by which the latch y manually forced to its reorinost poi on.

The latch ineinber 6 is provided with socket opening1 fit iezii fece in which is seated the for ard end of a resilient elenient, such e.. the coiled spring 7 housed in the boite and having; its end seated in e soclzet orined in a screw plug 8 by Ineens ot' which the rear end otq tie bore is closed and through -which the spring is tensioned. The plug may be locked in piece, it desired,V bye pin 9 positioned in en aperture orined transversely of the portion 5 und coninfiunieating,` with the bore near its rear end.

l elaine.:

l. l pintle. including` u body 'foi-ined with edueed headed snnnli et its iee. end; e. l: ts forward end, the end 4of the 1 nroyided with :i recess; an uoweidly ndinggv portion provided with a longituil boren longitudinal groove coininuniwith the bottom of the bore and a dinul slot communicating With the tog of the bore; u latch ineinber reciprocal in theY bore :ind having lov-weix and uppei ribs to engage the groove and slot, respectively, ed a nose lor e rage-nient with the recess; spring housed in the bore and normally holding the latch in its forward position and means for closing the rear end of the bore and tensioning the spring.

2. A pintle, including` a body formed with a reduced headed shank at its rear end; a hook at its forward end, the end of the hook provided with a recess; an upwardly eX- tending portion provided with a longitudinal bore, a longitudinal groove communicating with the bottom of the bore and a loni0 gitudinal slot communicating with the Jop of the bore; a latch member reciprocal in the bore and having lower and upper ribs to engage the groove and slot respectively, and

yieldalole means for normally holding the 15 latch member in forward position.

CHARLES H. KASCH. 

